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Sheikh Abdul Rashid the Baramulla MP added cipher is acceptable to code "our snatched morganatic governmental and quality rights
Jailed Lok Sabha MP from Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla, Sheikh Abdul Rashid, said connected Saturday (September 27, 2025) that helium would beryllium connected a two-day hunger onslaught connected the eve of Gandhi Jayanti to evoke the value of the non-violence principle.
In a handwritten missive addressed to 'Bapu' and forwarded to the Lok Sabha Speaker, the MP, who is presently lodged successful New Delhi's Tihar jailhouse successful a panic backing case, said the full satellite is successful a "desperate need" for peace.
Asserting that portion Mahtma Gandhi's doctrine of non-violence is much applicable present than ever, the MP, popularly known arsenic Engineer Rashid, said that nations crossed the globe straight oregon indirectly proceed to indulge successful unit adjacent portion claiming to combat for peace.
"Those who talk astir of your message, Bapu, hardly lucifer their words with deeds," Mr. Rashid wrote.
He besides expressed anguish implicit the concern successful Kashmir. Recalling Mahatma Gandhi's relation during Partition, Mr. Rashid said erstwhile the subcontinent was burning successful communal flames, "you saw Kashmir arsenic a beacon of anticipation and harmony".
"But arsenic of now, we Kashmiris are being branded anti-national, Pak proxies, communal, stone-pelters, anti-Hindu, militants, radicals, Islamists, and what not. Being Islamist is an honour for each Muslim, and nary existent Muslim tin ever beryllium radical," Mr. Rashid said.
The Baramulla MP added cipher is acceptable to code "our snatched morganatic governmental and quality rights".
"Even those who talk against UAPA coercion similar silence arsenic they are frightened of the instrumentality of the land. Thousands prevarication successful graves, men successful prisons suffer their lives, and thousands of america are successful jails due to the fact that of the misdeeds of Partition, for which cipher takes responsibility," helium said.
Referring to the plight of Kashmiri Pandits and borderline residents, Mr. Rashid said, "Kashmiri Pandits, who by your ain confession were protected by Kashmiri Muslims astatine the outgo of their ain lives, are inactive surviving arsenic refugees."
He said Tihar jailhouse has go a 2nd location for each those "who privation your imaginativeness of non-violence to combat for their morganatic rights".
Condemning "divisive politics", Rashid's missive said that Gandhi's imaginativeness of non-violence has been replaced by "draconian policies".
"Our helplessness is being enjoyed by fascist forces and our committedness to non-violence is interpreted arsenic weakness. The state, alternatively than introspecting its draconian policies, has converted Jammu and Kashmir into an experimental lab," it added.
"I americium definite your psyche indispensable beryllium successful a authorities of restlessness portion watching what we Kashmiris are passing done since 1989," the missive said.
"Instead of harmony, Muslims are branded outsiders, with presumption similar 'Babar ki Aulad' (Babar's children) legitimising hate. I accidental with work that the large Indian authorities does not request enemies from outside. The ultranationalists are doing each that what the enemies of India cannot do," helium asserted.
To punctual the countrymen of the value of Gandhi's non-violence principle, the Lok Sabha MP said helium has decided to observe 2 days of hunger onslaught successful Tihar jailhouse from 10 americium connected October 1, 2025 to 10 americium connected October 3, 2025.
